Latest news from Amite City, LA collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations

Ancestries: American (6.6%), Irish (5.4%), English (4.3%), German (3.6%), French (3.2%), Italian (1.7%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated in 1861

Land area: 3.85 square miles.

Population density: 1,122 people per square mile (low).

For population 25 years and over in Amite City:

High school or higher: 75.2%

Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.5%

Graduate or professional degree: 4.0%

Unemployed: 7.8%

Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Amite City town:

Never married: 37.6%

Now married: 42.3%

Separated: 4.1%

Widowed: 5.8%

Divorced: 10.2%

25 residents are foreign born

This town:

0.6%

Louisiana:

4.0%

According to our research of Louisiana and other state lists there was 1 registered sex offender living in Amite City, Louisiana as of May 24, 2018.The ratio of number of residents in Amite City to the number of sex offenders is 4,354 to 1.The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is a lot smaller than the state average.